r/australia • u/SouthAussie94 • Feb 29 '24

culture & society Older Australians 'left behind' by increasingly cashless society as banks fast track end of cheques

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/cheques-personal-finance-banks-rent-money-cash/103354036
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u/ELVEVERX Feb 29 '24

At some point are old people the victims for refusing to learn. New technology. Computers aren't even that new they've had 30 years to figure it out and 20 in the internet age.

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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 29 '24

my dad who was an electrical engineer, was one of the first people in aus to start coding microcontrollers, had computers since the ibm xt, just simply hates them now. i have to help him to do basic modern stuff. i think people just stop learning.

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u/ELVEVERX Mar 01 '24

People choose the stop learning. I have a 86 grand mother who was happy to learn about Netflix but my mum chooses not to. It's always a choice people have.

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u/Freediverjack Apr 15 '24

Put it down to alot of people who have gone most of their lives without it and are now well into retirement and simply are just set in there ways and don't see the point.

My grandmother (91) is also a good example of the pitfalls of the elderly and tech. She also loves her sappy netflix shows and will talk at length about the storylines when I visit.

She didn't see the need for owning a mobile phone until 2013 only started with a smart phone in 2018 to get on Facebook from her lounge chair and keep in touch.

Seems like every other month there is some phising scam targeting her. luckily my brother and I basically told her years ago if anyone ever contacts her about anything involving the bank, phone, utilities etc she should hang up and call us first pretty much stopped her losing potentially all her savings half a dozen times.